LSE

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

London Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1571 and now has a market cap of almost $5 trillion.

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Float

Listing a company on a stock exchange, or the shares that are genuinely up for grabs once it’s there.
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Arithmetic Mean

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.
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Net Income (NI)

The money a firm is left with from sales after subtracting taxes and different business costs.
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DMO

The United Kingdom Debt Management Office. It’s an executive agency responsible for managing the government’s debt and cash needs, primarily through issuing gilts and Treasury bills.
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Direct listing

Going public without the traditional IPO. Existing shares, straight onto the exchange, no new money raised.
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Balance sheet

A summary of a company's finances, including its assets, liabilities and shareholder equity.
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Money weighted rate of return

Learn what Money Weighted Rate of Return or MWRR stands for in finance.
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Quick ratio

Learn what quick ratio stands for in financial terms and how to calculate it.
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Account balance

The amount of money a user has stored in a financial repository.
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